hello and welcome to our team. with their top stories clashes rage on and syria as regime troops attempt to fight back and rebel held areas of a fresh battle now growing over a matter of self religion while the country is split over when to start marking the islamic holy month of ramadan. as the u.n. observers have another thirty days to assess the situation on the ground all members of the security council house voted in favor of extending their mandate which could be renewed if necessary. and protesters demanding a right to rally and brain are met with tear gas after the government bans

political demonstrations at least fifty people have died since the odd unrest began in february of last year and up next my colleague bill dodd asks russia's ambassador to the un what was behind his no one for the western backed resolution on syria. mr churkin russia's decision to veto this latest resolution has caused consternation and widespread criticism or. is russia supporting the assad regime. of course not about what needs to be done in order to settle the crisis unfortunately the strategy of our western colleagues too seems to be to try to whip up tensions in and around syria at every opportunity and this time they took the occasion of the need to extend the mandate of the monitoring mission in syria and attached

a number of unacceptable clauses to their draft resolution so we needed to talk together was china unacceptable draft to allow kofi annan more space to work on the document which was adopted the. foreign minister of a number of countries of the so-called action group which is that which calls for setting up a transitional national body and that requires of course dialogue between various parties so in this context to introduce a resolution which would only entailed pressure and almost inevitable sanctions on the syrian government did not look like a good idea to us at all and there were when they. blocked a decision which in our view was gone the book counterproductive so moscow not supporting the assad regime but america britain and france say that russia has failed the syrian people today how how do you react to that. well you know you know

you know. there are quite good and bad and loud propaganda i think what they have been doing in criticizing russia and china and some sometimes quite stridently today it was the british and the french. who went out of their way unfortunately all sorts of false false holds on the foreign policies of russia and china they should focus more on on the new do to help unfortunately they have done anything at all in order to set them train a productive and positive process in in syria instead they have been working. with the so-called friends of syria in fact. this is a group of countries who are enemies of the syrian government i wouldn't call them enemies of the syrian people but certainly those who want to topple the syrian government this is regarding the consequences which are extremely tragic which.

entails because the government or president our side it's not simply one individual or a group of individuals they represent of course a certain segment of the of the syrian population a certain power structure which has existed there for decades so to break it would cause and is causing trying to break a considerable trouble and bloodshed to reform and through dialogue this would be much more reasonable a line of action and this is what russia has been advocated dialogue hasn't achieved anything so far is that now an overwhelming global sentence something has to be done to stop the killing of innocent people and what about intervention on humanitarian grounds is not acceptable to moscow moscow is very concerned about chapter seven i don't want to get into technical does it protect chapter seven leading to perhaps military intervention but what about some form of intervention to stop the killing. well in a way the money touring group which. is a way of of

a sort of political intervention in trying to a practical intervention and trying to deter violence unfortunately it hasn't happened it hasn't been successful i mean you said the dialogue has not achieved anything the problem is that the dialogue has not started yet the opposition groups refused to enter into dialogue with the with the syrian government which says it is prepared for the org they should try that all four of the syrian government to enter into dialogue this is a major missing link a major impediment in the way of coffee and an activity you know humanitarian intervention unfortunately it only sounds humane but the fact of the matter is that any military intervention for whatever reason is inevitably going to cause more bloodshed bloodshed and you know we know that those greatest humanists in the world u.s. and u.k. intervened in iraq for instance citing all sorts of noble protects in that

particular case nonexistent weapons of mass destruction what of course there is a one hundred fifty fifty thousand civilian deaths alone to say nothing of you know millions of refugees displaced persons and the whole dislocation in the country so don't be duped by committee in a few million communitarian rhetoric there is much more geopolitics in their policy in syria than humanism and unfortunately the practical consequences of the of their policy is that that the conflict and bloodshed is not abating you mention geopolitics and understand that you mention the fact that what's happening in syria is actually a name don't what's going to happen in iran eventually can you explain that that iran is the eventual goal i don't know why. i did refer to iran but in a slightly different context i wouldn't rule out that then they will move or move on to. i was not referring to that i was in my remarks of the stakeout earlier

today in the united nations i was referring to their career interest and this is a major motivation of the policy and their effort to topple president assad in curbing iranian influence. in the middle east in that region and it's also a major motivation of the other middle eastern the fight there is for the marcos' saudi arabi and qatar who are concerned about what they see iranian interests of course in one area and as well they claim that the shia approach as there is a sort of iranian sponsored even though some observers including your colleagues journalists who have experienced on the ground believe that it happens to be genuine protest. against a system which is not entirely democratic to put it mildly so clear a geo political dimension is there in the policies of a number of countries who are extremely aggressive these are the syria and it is nothing to do with the interests of the syrian people because the sealskin who need

is to find yes can i ask you though what is the worry for moscow will these geo political implications which you've explained clearly why is more you know we are not it well not in what way could moscow be affected we're not what are the about. well we're not what are the geopolitical implications of that particular saying even though we believe that the greater confrontation with iran is hurting. is unnecessary and of course we are directly involved in the first two are resolved peacefully the problem of the iranian nuclear program and there are growing tension between iran and the west and. it is it is not it's not it's not helpful our concern is that this city and people have to suffer the consequences of this geopolitical geopolitical struggle and our concern is that the

focus of everybody's policy must be the benefit of the syrian people and the only way they can put an end to this tragic conflict is to get to the negotiating table and the ground there is a document which which was a consensus document adopted by the group of action foreign ministers in geneva two and a half weeks ago which says that at transitional national border needs to set up to be set up and it cannot be set out by by sanctions it cannot be set up by more pressure on just one side of the syrian government which is claiming that it is ready for the locus there's a need that it's representative for such a dialogue but so far the interest from the opposition is not there and we see extreme opposition groups are in the position groups resorting to more and more violence and even terrorist attacks like the one we saw yesterday in the masters this is not to say. the syrian government has not exhorter it has not resorted to excessive violence of the times or made very serious mistakes and blunders over

the months but the time to end that unless we wanted to continue for years is to enter into dialogue. russia has really stuck by its principles of intervention is it not there. in danger of being isolated bearing in mind the continual vetoing of the sanctions in the un security council and of course the supplying of military hardware to syria although most of course says that this is not being used against civilians but this what's it do for russia's reputation and indeed its relations after this crisis is over. well we'll see we'll see i think doing the right of the right seeing are not simply following somebody is somebody is catastrophic policy is something which makes makes me proud and is something which eventually will be borne out of the right course of action on the right policy.

under these very difficult circumstances and. if i'm not mistaken the united states is sixty vetoes on the palestinian issue alone so why don't you. question my american colleagues about the impact of the image of the united states in the middle east of the continuous veto sometimes even veto in their own presidential secretary of state public statements so you know veto is a part of the u.n. charter there is nothing wrong about casting it when you feel the need to do so when we talk about what happens next now no agreement in the u.n. security council but russia has said that they would like to see an extension of the u.n. observer mission to syria but at the monitors and visible impact so far what is the point in keeping the mission alive when so far it's failed. what the what will be the point of the other part was saying that at least we have a more chance to get objective information if it's there or if the situation we

have to improve there will be on the ground already so they will be able to participate more actively in the in the political process and also the in dealing with their community and situation so pulling them all to is going to entail negative consequences on the one to avoid that unfortunately now here on we seem to be undergoing another sort of a little diplomatic battle now we are going to have a discussion about data making at the technical without loading it with political it conditions and implications thank you very much indeed but we'll leave it there vitaly churkin we really appreciate your show i'm russian ambassador to the u.n. thank you very much indeed for explaining moscow's situation during this crisis now thank you.

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dot com. clashes range on in syria as regime troops attempt to fight back and rebel held area with a fresh battle now brewing over matters of religion as well the country is split over when to start marking the islamic holy month of ramadan. that's as the u.n. observers have another thirty days to assess the situation on the ground all members of the security council have voted in favor of extending their mandate which could be renewed if necessary. and protesters demanding a right to rally in bahrain are met with tear gas after the government bans political demonstrations at least fifty people have died since the unrest began in february last year and up next on the lead a sports news with paul. thank

you very much karen welcome along to the sports headlines here's what we've got for you magic in his club's round snedeker storms to the top of the open leaderboard on day two royal lytham. pedal power mark cavendish claims the twenty second tour de france stage one of his career moves for from the all time list his teammate bradley wiggins who's closing in on the overall victory. and helping hand the group of russian volunteers made moscow for the london olympics which gets underway in less than a week. but let us start with gulf and american brand snedeker was in almost form as the power to the top of the leaderboard at the half way stage of the open the world number twenty nine started the day a lot earlier than those who taught the leaderboard after round one i'm sorry

blazed a trail carving a six hundred sixty four to tie the course record after thirty six holes he's on ten under a shot clear a first round lead to adam scott and tiger woods is in contention and six under the three time for the championship ing in on the last to ensure the leaders are nervously looking over their shoulders. i think you look at the names that are five and six shots back and i mean see even less again so it's a world class leader board stacked up a few shots back and. i think no matter what the conditions are tomorrow one of those guys is going to have a good day and make up ground. now football fever has once again hit russia with the start of the new premier league season newly promoted side mordovia and look more t.v. moscow got things going on friday and entertaining affair at the start stadium loco

fighting back from a goal down to win three two two signing veteran trial lukas scoring the winner for the railway men just thirty eight minutes in. meanwhile saturday's see six other teams begin their domestic campaign says carr host last of the namo travel to a new king of grog to face a vulgar ball at last year's a runners up spots are to take on their old rivals promoted alinea in vladikavkaz is well staying with football and arsenal appear reluctant to part with star striker robin van persie despite interest from all over europe the gunners turning down all offers so far for the club captain without international courted by manchester united manchester city an event just prove them falling short of the asking price also wanting to it's fourteen million dollars for the striker the team captain has one year left on his contract that says he won't sign an extension meaning arsenal could lose out financially he stays for another twelve months the

twenty eight year old school forty one gold in fifty three gangs for club and country last season and was named in english premier league player of the year. now elsewhere saturday sees the penultimate stage of the ninety nine total france take place and things guys bradley wiggins looks almost certain to become the first briton ever to win the competition it was actually wiggins teammate and compactly and mark cavendish one stage eighteen the second longest on the route a perfectly executed sprint finish allow cavendish to cross the line first and in the process claimed the twenty second stage when of his career is now joined for the euro time last saturday's time trial will suit over the wiggins who has the opportunity to extend his two minute five second advantage in the general classification and keep hold of the all import. yellow jersey heading into sunday's final stage and the procession in to paris. now it is six days until the olympics get underway and there was an eventful

diamond league after attics meeting in monaco on friday evening it was a mixed night for russian athletes in the french principality double olympic pole vault champion elaine is in by a viewer had the worst possible build up to the games she had two attempts at for me to seventy and failed with both crashing out of the competition early on without registering a height however there was better news in the men's one hundred ten meter hurdles. finished setting a new national record of thirteen point zero nine seconds in the process however in the men's four hundred meters there was an injury scare the reigning champion assured merritt the american stating he would be able to defend his title despite pulling up injured with around one hundred metres to go. meanwhile at the end in pick a football teams of great britain and brazil played a warm up game in middlesbrough on friday evening not much to cheer about for the home fans though as the south americans dominated in

a two nil victory the first goal coming just twelve minutes in and from a set pace as tottenham midfielder sandro headed home neymar is free kick how stupid his men pushed for an equaliser make a richards came close to levelling with this header. and that wasn't the last misfortune for the manchester city defender his missed time tackle in the box led to a brazil penalty rising star neymar gate keeper jason still no chance with a precise shot into the corner to nearly finished then at the riverside stadium. we are aware that we can't see going to the beach with us what people are saying about us being favorites we know our strength what we have to do is to work hard and show in the games that we can be champions on the beach in the world all together like we did today one help in another if we do this we can go far. meanwhile a group of russian of volunteers have set off for london to help with hopefully the smooth running of the fast approaching games but also to gain experience for the

winter olympics two years down the line as nick charles reports. with the london olympics now just around the corner russia sending a force of one hundred and four chosen ones to the heart of the english capital to lend a helping hand and gain valuable experience for the winter games in sochi twenty fourteen i want to get this experience and hope and it will be useful fought their way into the olympic games and such it so i expect it's going to be a great experience for me and it will be useful for all of the arsenal team the farewell at the moscow airport was marked by an appearance of the leopard hair and white bear who are better known as the talismans of the sochi twenty fourteen paralympic olympic games while the mascots cheered on the volunteers before they departure also taking part in the sand of who's the president of the sochi twenty fourteen organizing committee dimitri children ashamed of who sees this as

a great opportunity for the team but they're not just ordinary. syrians. real professionals our stars the cream of the cream they were selected by us or the three of us here and the previous games they select was hand picked from all over russia one of them is tatiana. a seventy year old pensioner from st petersburg this summer she took a break from her retirement routine and went to the other end of europe for the opportunity of a lifetime she hears them with it feels like a fairy tale i'm nervous but it's the moment we've all been waiting for i came to leave that in a few hours will be in london and attending the olympics. during the winter games in sochi twenty five thousand volunteers will be lending a helping hand and cover over twenty years of specific duties ranging from directing olympians to their destinations to giving first aid to those that need it

so she volunteers will make one third of the entire games personal and he's just some of them about to experience how it's done. charles r.t. moscow. now let's move to boxing way of italy. preparing for the defense of his w.b.c. world heavyweight title against manual charge in moscow this september char a syrian born german started his professional career in two thousand and five and since then has recorded twenty one wins without a loss to his name of italy has stepped into the ring forty six times as a pro winning forty four of those contests and despite the fact it's dr brother who boasts the rest of the heavyweight belts char believes he's up against the best on the planet. it'd be cool with a lot of what you tell it could score is the world champion the strongest blokes in

the world is joined by then his brother vladimir but i'm not frightened only fear god i will work out a plan for the fight with my trainer and we'll see what happens on the day of this little bit and finally moving to the baseball diamond where a plethora of players are looking to increase their stock with the m l b try deadline now ten days away while it was a disappointing return to chicago for mom who was unable to leave the miami marlins past his former teammates the thirty three year old pitching maestro receiving a mixed reaction in the windy city after signing a four year deal worth fifty eight million dollars with miami back in december alfonzo solely on getting the party started for the home tame his eighteenth home of the year clearly opting the thirty six year old's potential trade value a fifth inning to forget for the marlins with ray johnson wrapping it up by singling to left field for a fool zero laid the cubs winning the game from the last six. but it's all

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